This also means it's time for people to start quitting on the goals and resolutions they set for themselves. Aww.

That's not really too big of a surprise, though. This is usually the point when things start to get hard.

Many of us sometimes wonder if we really "should" be working this hard for something that doesn't have any guarantees.

After all, it feels like it all comes so easily to some people.

Why shouldn't we just sit back and watch anime about the handsomest boys being handsome together?

From Gakuen: Handsome. An anime I watched with my good friend Jacob Pernell. It's about the handsomest boys being handsome together. Watch it. It's so good.

I've absolutely felt that struggle. The entirety of my second TEDx talk was about this exact feeling.

Thankfully, mercifully, that feeling of struggle and challenge is 100% part of the process.

Setting Goals

Setting goals is great. It's definitely a good idea to take some time and write your goals down. Getting clear about what you want in your life makes it a lot easier to say yes and no to the right things.

In fact, I'm SUCH a big fan of tracking and measuring goals that the amount of journals I have has gotten a little out of control.

I only have 9. What. That's completely normal. Fight me.

Your Schedule

While your goals matter, you need to make sure you have a plan to follow through with them.

Being able to follow through on something consistently puts you in a different league. It's a level of discipline that can be considered a super power in our distracted world.

So while your goal will give you some direction, how you schedule out your work matters a hell of a lot more.

How are you scheduling your tasks? Especially the big, life-changing daunting things you know you need to do.

Do your workouts actually show up on your calendar? How about your composition practice blocks?

Do you have a back up plan for when you can't go all-out on your tasks? Maybe you get sick, or are traveling… do you know how you can keep progress going then?